Combination container and stand



Aug'. l1, 1942. i A. oLEvlN 2,292,651

f COMBINATION CONTAINER AND STAND Filed Dec. 28, 1939 HDULPH bsv/N INVENTOR mW/TM ATTORNEY Patente-cl Aug. 11, 1942 UNITED STATES cargar cerise COMBINATION CONTAINER AND STAND Adolph oievin, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application December 28, 1939, Serial No. 311,344

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to containers and more particularly to combination containers and stands or receptacles therefor.

Among the principal objects of the present invention`is the provision of novel container means and stand supporting mechanism therefor.

An object herein lies in the provision. of a stand particularly adapted for the rapid placement and/or removal of containers, whereby said placement or removal. may be perform-ed with the greatest facility and convenience.

Another object herein lies in the provision of containers and stand means therefor, whereby the stand has associated therewith closure members which serve to cover oruncover the relatively open mouthed containers, thereby protecting from moisture or evaporation or other contamination, the contents in said containers.

Another object herein lies in the provision of a stand supporting mechanism having closure members associated therewith for use with removable containers, said stand including means for resiliently supporting said containers in cooperation with said closure members.

Another object herein lies in the provision of resilient supporting means, particularly adapted to engage and support the containers used therewith.

A feature of the present invention lies in the fact that structure providing said functions, as will be more fully described below, may be economically manufactured so that the product may have the benefits accruing from large scale production and distribution.

These objects and further ends vand advantages will more fully appear in the progress of this disclosure and be pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing constituting a material part of the disclosure, similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View partly in section showing the first embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan View of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a plan View showing a developed blank from which the vertical reciprocating column is formed.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional View of Figure 2 as seen from the plane 5-5 thereon.

In accordance with the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, the containers 25 and 26 and the stand generally indicated by numeral I9 form the device generally inolicatedV by numeral 2U. The device 20. comprises generally a base member 2|; a plurality of closure members 22 and 23; means 24 for supporting the closure members; a plurality of containers 25 andV 26; reciprocable container support` members 2l and 28,; and casings 29 and 30.

The containers 25 and 26 are preferablycomposed of any material which will not deleteriously affect the contents generally indicated by numeral 3|. In the embodiment now being described, which is particularly adapted for use with salt, pepper or other condiments, the containers 25 and 26. may very well conform substantially to the known structures for salt cellars or shakers. The general external configuration of the containers 2.5 and 26 is illustrated in the drawing as being cylindrical byway of example. This configuration may of course be Varied, Without affecting the operation of the device 20. The containers 25 and 2B may very well be made of glass and provided with caps 32 and 33, having suitable perforations 34 in the dome portions 35 and 36, preferably convex external shape. The lower portions of the caps 32 and 33 are adapted for detachable engagement with necks 31 and 38 of the containers 25 and 26 respectively, for example by threading as shown.

The closure members 22 and 23 may be of any desired external configuration but the internal or lower surfaces thereof are shaped so as to make a good t with the caps 32 and 33 in a complete circle disposed outwardly of all of the perforations 34. If desired, the inner or lower surfaces of the closure members 22 and 23 may be lined with a suitable resilient or compressible material so that a good seal may be formed. It will depend of course upon the nature of the contents 3| as to whether such hermetic sealing is desirable or not. The closure members 22 and 23 are supported in .position by being afxed to the outer ends of a horizontally disposed cross bar 39, which is part of the means 24. The cross bar 39 has preferably af- Xed thereto and disposed upwardly thereof a v handle member 4U which may be in the form of a ring, as shown, so that the device 20 may be easily manually transported. The cross bar 39 is maintained in position by being afxed to the upper end of a vertical post 4|, which is secured to and projects upwardly from the base member 2|.

The casings 29 and 30 are preferably frustoconical in shape and secured to the upper surface 42 of the base plate 2| in any suitable manner,

as for example, by having short downwardly projecting tabs 43, which are passed through suitable orices in the surface 42 and are swaged over. The casings 29 and 30 have disposed therewithin expansive coil springs 44. The container support members 21 and 28 are preferably discs having downwardly projected peripheral anges. The bottom walls 45 of the containers 25 and 26 preferably have upwardly directed indentations 46, into which the support members 21 and 28 enter. The support members are secured to the upper portions of columns'41 and 48. The columns 41 and 48 are each formed from a blank 49, as seen in Figure 4, and are substantially U-shaped in horizontal section. The upwardly directed tabs 50 enter correspondingly disposed orices in the support members 21 and 28 and are swaged over. The downwardly directed tabs 5I are bent through ninety degrees after the columns 41 and 48 have been passed downwardly through the corresponding U-shaped orices 52. It may thus be seen that the support members 21 and 28 may be vertically reciprocated, the downward travel thereof being stopped by the undersurface of the container support members striking against the upper surfaces of the flat wall portions 53 of the casings 29 and 30. The upward travel of the container support members 21 and 28 is stopped by the upper surfaces of the tabs 5| striking against the lower surfaces of the at wall portions 53. The coil springs 44 are so wound that the lowest convolution rests against the upper surface 42 while the top convolution thereof is suitably deformed so that it engages the tabs 5l.

Operation With the containers 25 and 26 previously lled with any desirable contents 3|, the insertion or removal of either container from the device 20 is simple and quickly accomplished. Assuming the container 25 to be fully seated, as illustrated by the full lines in the left hand portion of Figure 1, the container 25 is manually grasped and pushed downwardly against the expansive force of the spring 44 until it will take a position indicated by the dot-dash lines in the same figure. The container 25 is then tilted slightly, as illustrated in the dot-dash lines in Figure 2, and since the cap 32 will now clear the closure member 22, the container 25 may be readily removed in the direction indicated by the arrow 54, in Figure 2. This movement of the container away from the stand is assisted by the expansive force of the spring 44. In replacing the container 25, this operation is performed exactly in reverse and when in seated position, the spring forces the cap 32 into intimate contact with the inner surface of the cover member 22, thereby promoting a desirable seal.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:

A combination container and stand comprising: a base and a cover member disposed in xed inter-relation; a container having an upwardly extending depression of a size less than the transverse size of the container; a platform of a size adapted to nest within the said depression, said platform being vertically movable toward and away from said cover member; and. resilient means normally acting to move the platform toward said cover member.

ADOLPH OLEVIN. 

